Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Of course we want to protect people’s right to protest. But..." Oh shit here comes the attack on the right to protest. Which of the last 5 Home Secretaries that attacked the right to protest do you think he has taken this verbatim quote from. 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026If anyone is struggling to understand how our media and politicians are still talking about an RAF Fairford "bomb plot" when there were no bombs found, then the Forest Gate raid in 2006 is a useful comparison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_... 25520
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hearing multiple reports this is not terrorism... It was diesel theft. Palestine Traction? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...bbc.co.ukRAF Fairford latest: Incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of stateThe secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail. 120
Reposted by Sam Walton👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heya folks. We're on a final push to get to £10k. We're on just over £8.3k. That's less than 1/10th of what fascist Danny Tommo has recently received inndonations after slashing a dinghy with an RNLI worker on it at sea. Meanwhile our comrade faces more than 12x the jailtime for opposing fascism. 15249
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So wait, states that made the bombs #Saudi has been dropping on #Yemen for 11 years and literally service every plane that drops them on Yemen, say #Iran, who they just helped attack, should stop arming the #Houthis? Not sure that sounds as good as they think it does. www.bbc.com/news/article...share.googleIran must stop arming Houthis in Yemen, G7 says ahead of UN General AssemblyThe G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security. 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonBen Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's taken about four centuries, but really glad members of the Conservative Party are embracing the cause of the Levellers at long last. Who knows what the next four hundred years will bring. Support for The Paris Commune? 182
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 23/08/2026Why did the Metropolitan Police put out a distorted social media post alleging "violence" at a @defendourjuries.bsky.social protest at Westminster Crown Court? Because the Met knows it has lost public approval for mass arrests and misinformation is all it has left realmedia.press/peace-and-po...realmedia.pressPeace and Police – interview with Quaker arrestee - Real Media - The View From BelowThe Met Police claimed a ‘number of officers were assaulted’ at a protest over the proscription of Palestine Action. An FOI request revealed the number was two, requiring ‘no formal medical attention’... 0208
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I feel sorry for Rebecca Charlton who seems lovely but reads lines from an autocue, whilst the producers are determined to show off their CGI studio have her so far away we can barely see her face. 000
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026But also the entire production is so polished. It must be on a show string compared to the old TDF, but it is looks and feels so much better than channel 5. That said, most Love of Cycling clips that are filmed by the road feel better than C5 TDF. 100
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This x a million. From the first interview on stage one - where you introduced Alice as new Tour of Britain Race Director and went straight into Fin's death. The hardest subject matter dealt with beautifully. To the last where you set the rider at ease with a joke at the start. 101
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 22/08/2026Many of you have expressed surprise that arms companies have some kind of special status in Britain, but every weapons industry supplier became a “prohibited place” under the National Security Act 2023. You can get arrested simply for photographing the premises netpol.org/2024/05/09/e...netpol.org 06543
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I go to Brighton Meeting and was not aware this was online. Delighted it is. 010
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This is a superb start. I’d add that this should be an advocacy priority to advocate for our religious position that trans people are equal and should not be attacked by the state. 010
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026That's what the Supreme Court ruling and the new EHRC Code of Practice are doing right now. Quakers have form here: abolition, prison reform, backing gay marriage before it was safe or popular. If Minute 31 was more than a nice thing to say in a good year, this is where it gets tested. 120
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026BYM said in 2021 that trans and non-binary Friends are precious children of God and that belonging means more than fitting in. We can't say that about people and then go quiet while those same people lose access to toilets, changing rooms, sport & the right to join the groups they'd choose to join. 120
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Crazy transfer fees in football, driven by American ownership. MLS is the most heavily regulated league in the world because with it's predecessor those American owners spent so much money they all went bankrupt. It's coming and is going to destroy British football. Only question is when. 011
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Did you know a barrister is facing prison just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has existed since 1670. We can't let it be silenced in court now. Add your name to help protect Britain's juries: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave Britain's JuriesJuries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries. 021
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Watch all the media freedom & "free speech" champions pile in. This is almost certainly prejudiced by the Canary's politics. 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 29/06/2026🧵 Netpol's new report "One Day in Edgware" documents the policing of an anti-Zionist demonstration against the recent 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' and a violent Zionist and far right counter demonstration. You can read our press release and download our report here netpol.org/2026/06/29/o... 11824
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A big part of why football kits are so popular has got to be it is the only way a lot of men feel comfortable wearing colour. Rest of the time they're like sure I wear colour. My socks are naval blue. Black, white & greys everywhere else. 010
Reposted by Sam WaltonBrian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Spending the night on the pavement outside the Bahraini embassy in London, marking the 15th anniversary of arrest of Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al Khawaja. He & others unjustly jailed in 2011 for peaceful protests remain in prison @maryamalkhawaja.bsky.social @nickkristof.bsky.social 055
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 08/04/2026Excited to announce this amazing line-up for our event next week in London: End Zero Accountability: End the crackdown on protest in London Hosted by @waronwant.bsky.social secure.waronwant.org/page/189508/... 01911
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026That said this book by Andrea does a much better job of detailing how to do it. A thrilling read given how much of a manual for nonviolent direct action it is: peacenews.info/node/8253/ha...peacenews.infoVerifying connection 011
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026As Qesser was arrested for encouraging nonviolent direct action, I would like to encourage everyone to break into airfields to disarm planes imminently bound for use in war crimes. This is of course legal, as the court found in my case. Happy to advise how to do it. bsky.app/profile/netp... 1133
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 24/03/2026We are now in the public gallery for the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee, waiting for questions on protest rights in the capital 1225
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 13/03/2026We are excited to announce our second annual State of Protest 2025 report: How Repression Became Routine. The report launches with a free livestream on Wed 25 Mar 2026 7:00-8:30 pm GMT. Link in bio to book OR www.tickettailor.com/events/netpo... 23623
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026So many names I want to send but I think everyone of them would be annoyed I did. 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 14/03/2026This Guardian puff-piece on Labour's Yvette Cooper is not how history will judge the current Foreign Secretary. This is... 0198
Reposted by Sam WaltonJae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Flying the flag: less than 48 hours after police raided our meeting house (again), Westminster Quakers were among the thousands marching today against the US, UK and Israeli war on Iran. @quaker.org.uk 0102
Reposted by Sam WaltonRon Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 07/03/2026Ahead of International Women's Day activists dressed as suffragettes—the direct action group who helped women get the vote—protest in Trafalgar Square, calling for repeal of the Public Order Act 2023 which gave police & courts yet more powers to restrict and criminalise peaceful protest activity. 12816
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 06/03/2026STATEMENT 1/ Last night, the Metropolitan Police raided the Westminster Quaker Meeting house – again. This time, they targeted Take Back Power's direct action training. There were 15 arrests. 26864
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Very wise. I'm always polite about other meetings... 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonHuw @peddant.bsky.social · 06/03/2026There are Quaker Meetings who do less effective Outreach than the Met are doing for us. 121
Reposted by Sam WaltonMark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Excuse my unspiritual language but fuck this shit. 29129
Reposted by Sam WaltonStopWatch @stopwatchuk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026On section 60AA (covering your face): check out the excellent briefing from @netpol.org telling you everything you need to know. Remember! The police DO NOT have the right to demand the removal of any face coverings in public UNLESS a section 60AA order is in place 😷 netpol.org/2026/02/27/s...netpol.org 065
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026We ended with: "If the government chooses to continue to clamp down on Jesus’s message of nonviolent direct action, despite last week’s judgement, ministers should probably start with the head of the Church of England, and arrest Charles Mountbatten-Windsor." (Quakers don't use titles.) 010
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Woody explained how Jesus' actions are remarkably similar to Palestine Action. AND THE LAWYERS LEAVE IT IN THE STATEMENT. So it becomes part of Huda's case to de-ban Palestine Action. We wrote about this for The Friend: thefriend.org/article/if-p...thefriend.org‘If Palestine Action are terrorists then so is Jesus’: Sam Walton & Daniel Woodhouse | The Friend‘Thankfully, we were two nice white boys.’| The Friend 120
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026While loathe to evangelise, Woody is still a Methodist minister: "Jesus made a whip out of cords and so had clearly planned what he wanted to do. He then turned the tables over with the money on and drove the animals out of the temple and said stop turning my father’s house into a market." 110
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Woody said in his statement: ‘At no point was the word “terrorist” or “terrorism” even mentioned, whether by the police, the prosecution or in the media in relation to our direct action protest. I would have been utterly shocked had it been.’ 110
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The lawyers for Huda Ammori read this, and asked us for a witness statement. Wood gave one, and the "We also broke into an airbase" article was submitted as evidence in the judicial review. 110
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026When Palestine Action were banned, we wrote an article about how we did the same thing, and were not called terrorists: We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys novaramedia.com/2025/06/27/w...novaramedia.comWe Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys | Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel “Woody” WoodhouseIn 2017, we broke into a BAE Systems airfield to stop jets from going to bomb Yemen, write Sam Walton and Daniel Woodhouse. Our lenient treatment exposes the Palestine Action ban for what it is: racis... 110
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A thread: ‘If Palestine Action are terrorists then so is Jesus’ - How we ended up supporting the Palestine Action judicial review. In 2017 Reverend Woody & I broke into BAE Warton to disarm Saudi war planes being used to bomb Yemen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...bbc.co.uk'Greater good' pair cleared of BAE criminal damageThe two men say they wanted to disarm Tornado jets to prevent them being used to bomb Yemen. 123
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Let's remember that when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was committing hideous crimes... ... He was doing it largely on behalf of the British arms industry. The arms industry is just as corrupt today. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...thecanary.coThe arms industry is complicit in Andrew and his ilk's abuse of women and girlsAndrew influenced the super rich through child rape and abuse to buy British weapons - and the arms industry actively facilitated him 001
Sam Walton @samwalton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Resign in disgrace 3 more times and you can be like your idol Mandy! He'll be back. Labour loves a soulless ghoul. 000
Reposted by Sam WaltonNetpol @netpol.org · 04/02/2026Six Palestine Action activists were cleared today of aggravated burglary over a protest at an Israeli weapons firm in 2024. The jury also cleared three defendants of violent disorder and failed to reach a verdict on a GBH charge – charges that are the basis of the group's labelling as "terrorists" 16431
